Morning Hits: Bettman on Expansion, DeKeyser, Holland on Babcock
Bill Beacon CP in the Montreal Gazette: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman denies expansion talk and called the reports a "complete fabrication" and that he has issues that it would land them $1.4 billion ($350,000 per team) in expansion fees. "The part of the…
Rumors II: Bruins, Penguins, Rangers, Wings, Leafs and Blues
Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: The Bruins obviously need to make some cap room for RFAs Torey Krug and Reilly Smith. Marc Savard can't go on the LTIR until the start of the season. If the young kids like…
Rumors I: Schwartz, Penner and Kassian
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The agent of Blues RFA Jaden Schwartz's said they are not close on a contract . "I would characterize it as the discussions are ongoing," Wade Arnott, Schwartz's agent, told the Post-Dispatch Wednesday. "We've had…
News: Krejci, Ekblad, Vincour, Nieuwendyk and Blackhawks
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins signed David Krejci to a six-year, $43.5 million contract. Salary breakdown: $7.25 million, $7.25 million, $7.5 million, $7.5 million, $7 million and $7 million. The deal carries a no-movement clause for the first four…
News: Crosby Training in Colorado, Not Arrested in Ottawa
Mike Halford of Pro Hockey Talk: The Ottawa Sun, owned by QMI Agency, ran the below story involving Sidney Crosby before pulling it down ... Posted by Yahoo! Sports Puck Daddy blog. Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby was arrested by Ottawa Police…
Rumors II: Johansen, Wideman, Stars, Semin and Bennett
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Two sources saying that there have been next to no talks for awhile between the Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen. They remain $3 million per season apart on a two-year deal. Johansen could be willing to…
Rumors I: Ryan, Alfredsson, Brodeur and Maple Leafs
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators Bobby Ryan is expected to take a bigger leadership role this season. Ryan will be a UFA at the end of this season and he hopes contract talks on a new long-term deal…
News: Rinaldo, Bowman, Fabbri, O’Brien and Advanced Stats Sites
Dave Isaac of the Courier Post: The Flyers have re-signed Zac Rinaldo to a two-year contract extension with a cap hit of $850,000 per season. Rinaldo would have been a RFA at the end of this season. “I’m surprised that…
Rumors: Ovi and Malkin, Wild, Canucks, Heatley and UFAs
Igor Eronko: KHL president Alex Medvedev to Sport-Express.ru on when we'd see Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in the KHL: 'You mean comeback to Russia? There might be good surprises in a year' Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Training camp…
Rumors: Red Wings, Avalanche and Oilers
Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) Tyler Myers and Mike Green were among the players the Red Wings looked at acquiring this offseason. The Wings inquired about Ryan Kesler but they didn't have the assets to acquire him or didn't want…
Morning Hits: Datsyuk, Kuznetsov and Vincour
Katie Flynn of theScore: Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk hasn't ruled out playing for his hometown Avtomobilist Yekaterinberg of the KHL before his hockey days are finished. He'll be 38-years old when his Red Wings contract expires in three years. Datsyuk…
Rumors: Stars, Blue Jackets and Oilers
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) Heika thinks it's too early to trade Devin Shore or Jason Dickson, need to see if they can re-sign Jason Spezza to a contract extension first. Sergei Gonchar, Shawn Horcoff and Erik…